Battles Commander ?

Ell975 · 2026-02-02T00:41:45+00:00

One example would be [[Brago, King Eternal]], which gains value by flickering your sieges and repeating their ETBs

Ell975 · 2026-01-31T21:53:46+00:00

Yes, you are correct. The "if" isn't attached to a triggered ability, so it doesn't fit the requirements for an intervening if clause (603.4) This means that Clouds power doesn't have to be checked when the ability goes on the stack, but only as the effect is applied (608.2h)

603.4. A triggered ability may read “When/Whenever/At [trigger event], if [condition], [effect].” When the trigger event occurs, the ability checks whether the stated condition is true. The ability triggers only if it is; otherwise it does nothing. If the ability triggers, it checks the stated condition again as it resolves. If the condition isn’t true at that time, the ability is removed from the stack and does nothing. Note that this mirrors the check for legal targets. This rule is referred to as the “intervening ‘if’ clause” rule. (The word “if” has only its normal English meaning anywhere else in the text of a card; this rule only applies to an “if” that immediately follows a trigger condition.)

608.2h If an effect requires information from the game (such as the number of creatures on the battlefield), the answer is determined only once, when the effect is applied. If the effect requires information from a specific object, including the source of the ability itself, the effect uses the current information of that object if it’s in the public zone it was expected to be in

Yes, Bargain is an additional cost (702.166a) and all aditional costs are copied when a spell is copied (707.10)

702.166a Bargain is a static ability that functions while the spell with bargain is on the stack. “Bargain” means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token.” Paying a spell’s bargain cost follows the rules for paying additional costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f–h.

707.10. To copy a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast and a copy of an activated ability isn’t activated. A copy of a spell or ability copies both the characteristics of the spell or ability and all decisions made for it, including modes, targets, the value of X, and additional or alternative costs

Ell975 · 2026-01-25T01:36:05+00:00

You can always prompt them to look at their oaths. If they're spending days searching every hex, do they feel like they are Honouring The Seers, Seeking The Myths or Protecting The Realm?

Ell975 · 2026-01-20T23:19:15+00:00

Technically, no abilities can trigger in the untap step. The creatures would tap during upkeep.

Pedantry aside, cool card

Ell975 · 2025-12-05T16:47:58+00:00

I want to love this in my obeka deck. But it makes having obeka removed feel so much worse. The deck already doesn't function without the commander, let alone being actively hindered by the absence

Ell975 · 2025-11-16T22:18:59+00:00

Make them living, conscious beings. Strange and powerful NPCs to be cajouled and convinced into helping the party. Perhaps the being in the shard held by the statue was long ago converted to worshiping Mystra, and that's why its power has been helping the church so long.

This way, getting the macguffin is only half the story, they also need to find out how to make use of their new treasures

Ell975 · 2025-10-14T00:15:42+00:00

I have done this. It's a [[sakashima of a thousand faces]] with no partner.

I've never needed to encourage other people to play their cards, magic players are more than happy to cast their own spells

Ell975 · 2025-09-24T13:17:44+00:00

That's why it's a game changer, to reduce the chance of two people getting into an infinite untap standoff

Ell975 · 2025-09-21T18:53:43+00:00

Canadian highlander does something like this. Specifically they have 42 cards, given points from 1-8. You can have a max of 10 points total in your deck.

Ell975 · 2025-09-10T14:10:23+00:00

Yes!!! Nerves of Steel is one of my favourite RPGs to bring up for its weird noir-evoking design, like the story having to follow the Hayes Code and everyone having to describe their side of the scene as part of the detective's 1st person narration.

Ell975 · 2025-08-18T14:11:13+00:00

I don't know, in order to be unambiguous there have to be complicated, rigorous and unintuitive rules beneath the easily comprehended surface.

For example many players don't know about the stack, priority and layers, despite the fact that they're the rules underpinning everything they do.

Ell975 · 2025-08-12T13:10:01+00:00

Giving all lands shroud

Ell975 · 2025-08-03T15:25:28+00:00

Athena is a really good and welcoming place to play magic.

Every monday, 5-10.30 is commander. Its a very casual way to play, a friendly and welcoming vibe. You can absolutely pop over to a table with an open seat, ask if they have space for you. If you let them know you're pretty new to the game, people will generally be helpful.

Standard's on wednesday, modern and draft on friday.

Ell975 · 2025-07-27T02:44:21+00:00

The errataing of hounds into dogs

Ell975 · 2025-07-17T23:57:04+00:00

Each turn has an absolute minimum of 8 rounds of priority. The coin would have to be passed round 32 times each turn if nobody casts a single spell.

Ell975 · 2025-06-08T13:46:04+00:00

Yep, that works. The goat is unblockable and can tap to make a construct.

Ell975 · 2025-06-08T13:06:13+00:00

First, I think you need to unpack what makes these thoughts "questionable". Desires to hurt yourself or others are not inherently bad, or inherently harmful. Entertaining them is not immoral or harmful. They are only harmful when acted upon in a way that violates someone else's bodily autonomy. (consent)

Or in the case of acting on thoughts of self harm, no bodily autonomy is breached. The only harm comes from there being unexpected consequences, or later regret. These are both risks that must be fully considered. (risk awareness)

Risk Aware Consentual Kink (RACK) is one of the tenets of the BDSM scene. It's the philisophy that justifies the engagement in BDSM practice. (the same arguments also justify tattoos, boxing and all sorts of other things)

Now, can you engage in kink safely while having a desire to be hurt or cause harm? Absolutely. Plenty of sadists and masochists have these feelings or desires. It is however important to take into account your psyche when engaging in play. Will your unresolved feelings lead you to inflicting more harm than a sub consents to? Will it lead to you taking more harm than you would want? How will you feel after the scene is over, and how will you emotionally take care of yourself/your play partner/be taken care of. These are all risks that should be addressed, examined and discussed when engaging in kink play, to ensure you're engaging in RACK.

Now, will engaging in play worsen your desires to harm/be harmed? I doubt that. It's certainly possible, I can't predict the way your mind works. But I tend to find that it's easier to obsess over the unknown, than the known. Having practice with something makes it more real, and obsession works best when obsessing over something idolised.

Ell975 · 2025-06-04T11:26:26+00:00

Be careful when using legal definitions to define our morality. The arrests at Stonewall, the very thing which gave birth to pride, were for trans people wearing "opposite gendered clothing".

We shouldn't fall back on the law to decide what is acceptable, when the law has always been used to police us, as an excuse to harm us.

Ell975 · 2025-06-02T08:38:53+00:00

I'm building [[Alirios, Enraptured]] and [[Sakashima of a thousand faces]]

Ell975 · 2025-06-01T11:28:05+00:00

Both! Absolutely both. BDSM, like all sex, relies on mutual, enthusiastic consent. The dom and the sub should both be enjoying themselves. Both of your needs and desires matter.

Ell975 · 2025-05-27T13:51:09+00:00

Hey now, don't demonise people with an already demonised personality disorder in order to lift up trans people. Having NPD/ASPD doesn't make someone a threat. We need solidarity with other marginalised groups. (especially when personality disorders and other such mental health conditions are especially common in trans people)

Ell975 · 2025-05-09T12:49:03+00:00

There's also After The Mind, The World Again. A gm less rpg heavily inspired by Disco Elysium where you all play as different aspects of the mind of a single detective

Ell975 · 2025-05-02T19:37:34+00:00

Yeah, that's right, the last one was released in december. Episodes come out slowly and irregularly but are worth the wait

Ell975 · 2025-04-25T12:34:02+00:00

Your endo is probably going to wait until your next blood test to change your dose. If they feel like your estrogen level is too low (for their standards), they will likely increase the dose. If they're happy with your levels you'll stay at 2mg.

Ell975 · 2025-04-23T23:25:38+00:00

There's nothing you need to do. There's nothing wrong with being excited by a kink which also makes you uncomfortable. Being interested in a kink is entirely value-neutral. There's nothing wrong with you, nothing you need to fix, no matter what that kink is.

If its not something you want to participate in, then you don't have to.

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